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Google said it is buying Divide, a mobile-device-management startup, to help the Internet giant’s Android business reach more business customers.

A purchase price wasn’t disclosed.

Divide, founded by former Morgan Stanley information-technology executives, helps companies manage the growing number – and variety — of mobile devices used by employees.

Android is the world’s most popular mobile-operating system, but is less common inside companies. This lucrative enterprise market used to be dominated by BlackBerry, but Apple, Google and Microsoft are trying to wrest market share from the troubled Canada-based company.

Complicating matters, many companies now allow employees to connect their own smartphones and tablets to the corporate network, a practice known as Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD. That’s made life more challenging for corporate-technology managers. Read More »